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The federal government has just weakened a program to monitor pesticides in Canada’s environment. It’s a big win for the chemical industry and industrial agriculture—but Canadians have a lot to lose. Since August 2021, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency has been undergoing a transformation process to strengthen its oversight and protection of human health and the environment, and to enhance transparency.
Instead, the new proposal relies heavily on a patchwork of existing monitoring, so that the frequency and methods of samples may be unrelated to pesticide use or predicted impacts—and may fail to shed light on the full extent of pesticide contamination of our waters. The new proposal could have corrected many deficiencies in the way this country deals with pesticides. Importantly, Canada does not collect data on where, when, or how pesticides are used.
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